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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

is this the whataboutism i keep hearing about?

[–] gergolippai@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the original post said "only in america" or smth like that. i pointed out it's not only america. what about you reading before commenting :)

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

but it is only in the us

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org -4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nope, cause it doesn't use pointing out that russia is an embarassment as well to say that the US is not.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If they're an embarrassment but they're still winning, what does that say about the other side?🤔

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org -4 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

russia is getting a bunch of what they want. china is winning by a lot so far.

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

I need to buy in on some copium futures

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Okay.

Gun to your head, who's losing less?

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

See, if Russia was losing you wouldn't feel the need to do this smarmy 12 year old shit, you'd just say Russia. But you can't because you know you'd get laughed out of the stratosphere

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this is what an actual copium overdose looks like

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, and i hope you can come out of it.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

whataboutism is only for when we criticize the us and usians get offended.